Location:
Institute of Education Sciences Board Room
80 F Street NW, 1st Floor
Washington, DC 20001

For further information, please contact Kenann McKenzie-Thompson at (202) 219-0610 or Kenann.McKenzie-Thompson@ed.gov.

Monday, June 8, 2015
9:00 a.m.–9:05 a.m.	Call to Order, Approval of Agenda Opening Remarks by Sue Betka, Acting IES Director
9:05 a.m.–10:00 a.m.	Commissioners' Reports Question and Answer period regarding reports
10:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	Improving Education: The Research Road Ahead Opening remarks by Susanna Loeb, Vice Chair of NBES Panel discussion with Tom Kane, Walter H. Gale Professor of Education and Economics, Harvard University; James Kemple, The Research Alliance for New York City Schools, New York University Roundtable discussion by NBES Members
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.	Lunch Annual Ethics Training (Make-up and New Members) Marcia Sprague, Ethics Division, Office of the General Counsel
1:00 p.m.–2:45 p.m.	Discussion on the Regional Education Labs Remarks by Ruth Neild, Commissioner of the National Center on Educational Evaluation and Regional Assistance Panel discussion with Barbara Foorman, Francis Eppes Professor of Education and Director of the Regional Educational Lab-Southeast, Florida State University; Nikola Filby, Director of the Regional Educational Lab-West at WestEd; Neal Finkelstein, Associate Director of the Regional Educational Lab-West, WestEd Roundtable discussion by NBES members
2:45 p.m.–3:00 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.	Nexus Between Student Drug Use and Student Achievement Remarks by Tom Brock, Commissioner of the National Center for Education Research Panel discussion on the Interagency Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study including representatives from the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the Department of Education
4:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m.	Closing Comments and Adjourn

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